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^That reminds me of concert reviews I wrote for the Technician back in the day. I argued with many “editors” who, having not seen the events, felt compelled to rewrite my articles with abandon, drastically altering the original intent of my words. Granted, they were students too, but since then I’ve had the pleasure to work with a real editor who would not dare to rewrite or even suggest specific words or phrases, but instead knew how to help me refine me work and retain my vision. Night and day.
Haha – no doubt. I use my MacBook for design work so I’d for sure have to remember to turn it off if I decided to use it. Just going from the warm f.lux site to the StateFans site (with a lot of white) on my calibrated Cinema Display is quite a jolt, so I’m sure I’d notice 🙂
I had no idea about f.lux, I’ll have to check that out. I know that my wife’s latenight online reading keeps her from getting to sleep quickly, so this could be a solution.
FYI to mods, I’m betting that JustJim is a newly minted uNX troll. If so, well done on his part for being able to get someone to help him through the sign up process.
I was thinking this was going to be Fats’ joint, but all they would find there would be some signed uNX jerseys, a collection of rental car receipts, a few AirSoft guns, a dead cockatoo, a roach-filled ashtray and a change jar full of pennies.
“They also share that steely eyed, placid demeanor – which some confuse for aloofness or a casual attitude. ”
That’s a great description. Regarding DT, I would simply describe him as transcendent.
That sounds fantastic! How in the hell? Or maybe it was PackerInRussia making some rubles on the side?
The women win again, 79-68 over Pitt. They led by as much as 21 (maybe more?) and made 6 straight FTs to seal it. They now have their work cut out for them against #2 ND who beat uNX by 25 tonight, 100-75.
Say what JustHeelFanJim? Two dribbles, gathers the ball (gets fouled), plants left foot (gets fouled), pivots on left foot (gets fouled, gets fouled, gets fouled), picks up left foot. Oh, THAT’S the travel. Gotcha. You seem to be confused, but I can understand after watching years of Hansbrough make a mockery of the rules I’d think you’d give TJ a pass on any walks.
I’m actually surprised that they didn’t call TJ for an elbow swing while they were at it 😛
Someone send that Vine to Swoffy. Then again don’t, I don’t think he knows how to operate the internet machine.
“I had got it in my head that the article section loaded even in the forums (could’ve sworn it did).”
Yeah, me too. Good to know. I’ll be on the road for most of the game anyway, which might be a good thing.
Not to make light… yeah, I’m gonna make light of it. Best comment on Deadspin: “Needless to say, the weapon was not a jump shot.” lmao.
But seriously, I’m sure he was just holding the gun for PJ.
Haha – I just heard Turgeon and Boeheim talking about their game.
“I thought Nick got fouled and the replay showed that,” said Turgeon.
“They shot 27 free throws. If anybody’s going to complain about the officiating, I’m going to complain,” Boeheim said. “If they didn’t turn it over 18 times, they wouldn’t have to worry about that.”
Everybody gets screwed! And there’s Jim saying implying that since Maryland had 18 TOs that they didn’t deserve a foul call at the end. Will it go ’round in circles?
I will add that along with team and player reps, I think coach reps play a huge part as well.
“And IF that were the case, there are two other refs on the floor.”
And then you have other phenomena concerning dominant personalities, the reluctance to overrule a co-worker, etc. Remember the call that went against StL in the World Series, the Pete Kozma fumble at second? At the end of the day they made the correct call by overturning the initial “out” call, but it took an almost unprecedented move for the umps to “get together” and get it right.
I found a few studies regarding referee bias, and it is a real phenomenon. From what I gathered, home field and crowd noise plays a big part, as well as the [subconscious?] tendency to want to “even things out”.
Click to access Officiating%20paper%20-%20Final%20draft%20version.pdf
Abstract: Results of the analysis indicate that officials are more likely to call fouls on the team with the fewest fouls, making it likely that the number of fouls will tend to even out during the game. This increased probability increases as the foul differential increases. In addition, there is a significant bias toward officials calling more fouls on the visiting team, and a bias toward foul calls on the team that is leading in score. The result is that the probability of the next foul being called on the visiting team can reach as high as .70 during some game circumstances. Finally, implications of this officiating bias are explored, including the fact that basketball teams have an incentive to play more aggressively, leading to more physical play over time.
And:
Statistical models show referees are homers – Research indicates officials unwittingly favour home teams and are particularly swayed by large crowdshttp://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/apr/28/referees-home-team-sean-ingle
Here’s an interesting one about Omission Bias. Check out the NBA rate of calls throughout the game, and how they diminish for more subjective calls from the first half to the 4th Q and especially OT when it’s pretty clear that the refs “let them play”.
Click to access Stanford-%20wertheim.pdf
All in all, I think there are psychological factors at work, including the theory that a team that’s perceived to be “not as good” won’t get the calls it needs to upset the better team. That’s the real Catch-22. I also think that individual refs are biased against certain teams – whether it’s conscious or subconscious is another matter.
Thx for the update Roo. I read the recap on ESPN. They’ve had a couple of very close calls, kudos to the team for pulling them out. They remain ranked at #13 despite two recent loses. They need to TCB against Pitt, then give their all against #2 Notre Dame. I hope Reynolds is packed for that one.
I just saw the “flagrant”, and that was for sure a bad call, especially when compared to the foul on TJ. There was very little contact and it was early in the game so aside from making a cursory effort at the ball there was no real intent to impede the guy’s progress. In the State game, I thought there was clear intent to impede without playing the ball (yeah, yeah, Cooney took a swipe out there somewhere, Selling It 101) and it was an end of game, desperate situation for Cuse.
Interestingly, Parker got called for a charge at 13:50, and that play was very similar to the call at the end of the game.
The game might be posted somewhere after a while, or maybe just that play. Had Duke lost it would have been up 2 minutes after the game.
Boeheim’s hyperbolic comment about that call? That it was simply the worst call of the year.
“I just thought that was the worst call of the year, that’s all,” said Boeheim, whose first trip to Cameron Indoor Stadium ended 10.4 seconds early after he was ejected for protesting the call in an ultimate 66-60 defeat. “I just hate to see the game decided on that call.”
Yo Jimmy, whatcha got to say about the call in the State game? You win some, you lose some.
I’d like to see the flagrant call from today’s game just for my own edification.
